The Blues almost came back into things after Loic Remy grabbed a second-half goal for the west London side.

But poor defending before and after half-time saw Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez put Chelsea 2-0 up. And Savage feels Azpilicueta and Terry, in particular, were to blame after the Stamford Bridge outfit lost their ninth Premier League game of the season.

Savage told the Mirror: "I don't want to get on John Terry's case every week but I was surprised to see him working as a TV pundit 48 hours before an important game at the King Power.

"Terry was poor at Leicester on Monday night and Chelsea looked much more threatening after he came off and they switched to a 3-4-3 formation.

"For both of Leicester's goals, Cesar Azpilicueta must have known the best way to stop Riyad Mahrez is to 'show' him down towards the touchline on his less-favoured right foot. I can't believe he was twice afforded the space to cross or shoot with his left."

Terry and Azpilicueta weren't the only ones, of course, with Jamie Carragher criticising Kurt Zouma after the game for his role in Vardy's opener.

When will Chelsea's players wake up? Savage is adamant Jose Mourinho isn't to blame and feels Chelsea's senior figures are most at fault.

Tim Poole

Tim Poole is a sports journalist for HITC with a love of football, tennis and snooker in particular.His career to date has seen him speak to former Manchester United boss David Moyes, interview snooker world champion Mark Selby and be snubbed by Premier League managers and players in more than one language!He is a massive Roger Federer fan and lives by the motto that 'sport is life.' When he's not writing about it, he's playing it, be it football, tennis, basketball, badminton, table tennis, darts, snooker, golf or even water polo. He is better at some than others...